BLUEBRIDGE

BlueBridge enables intuitive control of luminaires within a DALI installation via a Bluetooth Low Energy (Bluetooth 4.1) using a tablet or smartphone. With a small factor and without a need of any external power source is the most easy and user friendly device for controlling of DALI installation.

Installation

The device is powered directly from the DALI bus with a steady current below 10 mA (no external power source is needed). At the back side of the box are pluggable DALI terminals, which allows easy to install and use. After the installation to the DALI networ and setting up the addresses, user can download the application at Playstore and configure the single / group controlling of DALI, tunable white or RGB luminaires.

New features

Fast scanning of the DALI network

Network scanning is now carried out directly in the BlueBridge device so there is no need for additional communication between the devices and their apps. As a result, scanning is much faster than before, approximately 20 seconds for a full DALI network of 64 devices.

Auto commissioning

After scanning of the DALI network, the app will automatically recognise which DALI devices have no address, a duplicate addresses, or are ok. Then it will begin the commissioning process where every DALI device on the bus is assigned a suitable, individual address. How long the commissioning process takes depends on the number of DALI devices on the bus and their addressing status. The longest time will be taken to commission a new, unaddressed DALI installation with 64 devices. This can take up to four minutes; around four seconds per device.

Pre-set and customisable lighting scenes

Lighting scenes are one of the preferred ways of control for DALI installations. For this reason, the app includes a series of five pre-set scenes as well as the option to create up to four customised group lighting scenes to perfectly match the device possibilities of the network and user needs. Pre-set scenes cover dimming, TW, and RGB control.

Status function

The status function is a feature included in the latest FW update. To enable this feature, upgrade your BlueBridge
device to FW version 2.0. BlueBridge periodically checks the status of each DALI device. The results of the check
are sent to the application once per minute. If all previously discovered devices work correctly, the status icon will show ‘Installation OK’. If there is an error such as lamp or control gear failure, a warning sign will appear. The
relevant warning icon will also appear next to the group icon of the corresponding device, and next to the single
device within the group. When you open the device with a warning, you will find a description of the error.

Timers

The timer function is a feature related to the latest HW and FW versions of BlueBridge. To benefit from this feature, you will need to upgrade your FW to the latest version 2.0. This HW version of BlueBridge contains a real-time clock module and allows for the creation of 4 independent timers with 30 second time steps (basic timers) and 15 time steps (Human Centric sequences). Timers run independently of the app once activated, and will override other settings from the app. Each timer if defined by its label and the days of the week it is active.

Basic schedules

Basic timers can be used to control any group based on a DALI group address (labels are white). Transitions between time steps are sudden without fading.

Human centric schedules

Human Centric sequences have smooth transitions between time steps. There must be a minimum of 2 time steps with each sequence in order to create a transition (BlueBridge internally calculates the linear interpolation between time steps). The defines values of each time are only reached as the specific time. Human Centric sequences are related to CCT regulation, therefore, only Tunable White groups can be selected when creating a new timer, and only one group can be selected for each timer. You can add commands using the same method as basic timers. In the dialog that appears when adding a time step, you will see a graph with current points, a clock for time setting, and
two sliders for changing of CCT and brightness settings.

Firmware updates

The ‘Update FW’ button allows for simple updating of FW when an update is available. A list of FW versions will appear, all of which are compatible with the detected BlueBridge device. You can also reload older FW versions.